sortedstring
nounUK /ˈsɔːtɪd strɪŋ/
US /ˈsɔːrtɪd strɪŋ/
A sorted string is a word or line of letters put in order from A to Z.
The computer turned the messy letters into a sorted string: a, b, c, d.
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2. In computing, a text value whose characters have been arranged in a set order by a program.
The program compared each sorted string to find matching names.
3. A set of letters arranged by length or number rather than alphabet.
She made a sorted string of words from shortest to longest.
4. A line of letters grouped so that matching letters sit together.
The puzzle asked for a sorted string where all the a's came first.